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Name Jebel Toubkal Climbing
Day 1: After a transfer to the little village of Imlil we begin our trek. Heading along the Mizane Valley, we first pass the village of Aremd and then onto the shrine of Sidi Chamarouch. We then continue east and by crossing the flood plains our route takes us along mule tracks and up into the high rocky cliffs above the valley. Crossing the river we eventually come to the pastoral shrine of Sidi Chamarouch, which attracts tourists and pilgrims. From here the trail continues to climb steadily, snaking and zigzagging its way up to the snowline and the Toukbal Refuge (3206m), our stop for the night.
Approx. 4 to 5hrs walking.
Day 2: Early in the morning we make our attempt on the summit of Jebel Toukbal, the highest peak in Northern Africa. Our route takes us up the south cirque, crossing the stream above the refuge. The walking is relatively straightforward, but the scree and the altitude will make the going quite difficult in parts. The views along the way make the journey more than worthwhile. When you reach the the summit you will see that the vistas across the surrounding landscape are quite breathtaking. From here there are unrestricted views in every direction, from the Marrakesh Plain to the High Atlas in the north and as far south as the Anti-Atlas and the Sahara. We will retrace our steps when we return down the mountain and head back to the Toubkal Refuge where we will spend the night.
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San Francisco gets tough on Giants rioters
San Francisco authorities unveiled a no-nonsense response Tuesday to a Giants victory celebration that spun out of control Sunday night, vowing to bring both criminal charges and civil cases against many of those arrested for stirring the chaos.
Those targeted include Andrew Fitzsimons, accused of shooting a firearm out of a window; Aichieu Saefong, accused of throwing bottles at a Muni bus; and Luis Lomeli, accused of throwing bottles at police officers.
Those three are among more than 30 people who traded their San Francisco Giants orange for jail-issued orange jumpsuits when celebrations over the team's World Series win turned into a destructive riot, primarily in the Mission District.
City officials were shocked by the early morning outbreak of vandalism - including the torching of a $700,000 Muni bus, flipping cars, dancing on taxis and buses, and touching off about 70 trash fires that were fed with old mattresses, discarded furniture and plastic trash cans.
Mayor Ed Lee branded them hoodlums and knuckleheads, setting the tone for the city's response.
At a news conference Tuesday, District Attorney George Gascón promised to bring criminal charges while City Attorney Dennis Herrera said he will seek civil penalties against those accused of damaging city property.
"I'm here to buttress the district attorney's message," Herrera said. "While he will be prosecuting people criminally in the event that they break the law, I'm here to tell folks you will also be hit in your pocketbook."
The city attorney's office did not seek action against protesters who vandalized Mission District businesses earlier this year. Herrera cited the sheer amount of evidence against the Giants rioters in comparison to the protesters, and also the need to send a message to any possible instigators.
"The entire city family is behind this - we want to celebrate," said Gascón. "But we want to make sure that it is done peacefully and we go out there and have a good time. For anybody who decides to do otherwise, there will be significant consequences."
The district attorney's office has so far received 11 cases from police investigators and filed charges against nine people - eight men and one woman, the majority from San Francisco.
Five of the nine face felony charges, the district attorney said. The felonies include assault on a peace officer, threatening a peace officer and arson.
One man, Thomas Lunsford, was charged with stealing a phone from a reveler who was filming the festivities, and then punching her friend to get away.
Police announced Tuesday night that they had arrested Gregory Tyler Graniss, 22, of San Francisco for allegedly smashing the windows of a Muni bus that was later torched. Officers credited a Chronicle photo that was circulated through social media for tips that led to the arrest. Graniss was booked on felony vandalism charges.
The extent of damage caused by riotous fans Sunday night is still unknown, and a litany of other crimes that took place after the game are still under investigation, authorities said.
Investigators are also looking into a report of assault, in which a Giants fan said four men beat him with a metal object near Haight and Masonic streets.
The man sustained severe head injuries and remains hospitalized, police said.
Other buses throughout the city were also tagged with graffiti and dented by revelers who climbed and danced on top of the coaches, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
In the Mission District, rioters set 70 garbage fires and threw bottles at police officers, wounding two who suffered minor cuts from the broken glass. They tagged a San Francisco police van with anarchy signs and smashed windows.
The windows to the GLBT History Museum in the Castro were also shattered. Police spokesman Officer Carlos Manfredi said officers were still investigating all reports of vandalism from the riot and more arrests are possible.
Manfredi said that during the World Series all police officers were instructed to take no discretionary days off. The instructions continue for Wednesday's victory parade, when a million fans are expected to flood the city.
But nine fans won't be there. Authorities have scheduled them for arraignment Wednesday.
Vivian Ho is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @VivianHo


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Julia Sweeney (SNL) one woman show "Letting go of God" is supposed to be really good. Here is a 30min clip you can download, it's really worth it, very smart and funny. It's on the right side of the page.
Her site with some other clips, i'm gonna buy it.
"why would a god create people so imperfect then blame them for their own imperfections, then send his son to be murdered by those imperfect people to make up for how imperfect those people were and for how imperfect those people were inevtibly going to be."
Julia Sweeney - "Letting go of God"
It is really good! I saw her do it live in October (SF), and can report that if you have any background in a formal religion, she will echo so many of your own epiphanies. Plus, she's hilarious.
I like the idea that she has a forum. It's nice to have a female perspective out there on losing faith, especially from such a warm and gracious person.
I bought the audiobook from itunes. probably the best $11 i've ever spent. You want this! It is truely amazing. I could convince more christians with this Sweeney audiobook than with Dawkins "God Delusion" and i love Dawkins. I can't wait to share this with everyone!


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Harvard Book Store welcomed Paris School of Economics professor Thomas Piketty for a discussion of his seminal new work Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.
Piketty shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality—the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth—today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dange


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Incumbent Jensen wants to retain his seat
Longtime Blackfoot city councilman Chris Jensen is the only one of four councilman who is being challenged in the upcoming city election.
Jensen, who was elected to the council in 2005, currently holds Seat 1. He is being challenged by Kenneth Ashcraft and Andy Hasselbring.
Jensen, a Blackfoot resident of 20 years, said he's not sure why his place on the council seems to be the "hot seat" that people want - but he will strive to keep it.
"I have thought about it and I'm not sure if it's because of something that I've done wrong or something that I've done right," he said.
Jensen says he is against big government on all levels and stands firm on what he has accomplished during his eight years on the council.
"I have worked really hard to keep the budget and city government in check," he said. "In the past five years there has been no increase in the property tax levy. Even though fuel went up, pavement went up and overall the economy wasn't doing well, we were able to keep taxes flatlined."
Jensen said that fiscal responsibility is something that he will always fight for in his role as a councilman, saying, "We need to use the money in the least amount possible. It's the citizens' money and is to be used to maintain the working of the city."
Jensen, a mechanical engineer by trade, said that while his opponents want to see more parks and beautification projects done in the city to attract new business, he feels strongly that "consistently maintaining and improving the city's infrastructure is much more important at this time."
"It's crucial that the city's infrastructure is the best that it can be so that if a big business does come to town we don't have to do huge upgrades to take them on. A good, functioning infrastructure is what we need to lure new business...not more parks."
Jensen said that he believes strongly in government based on the principles of our Founding Fathers.
"I believe in limited government with limited authority. I believe in private property rights, our personal freedoms and not violating our constitutional rights. We have have to start with local government," he said.
During his time on the council, Jensen has always served under the leadership of current Blackfoot mayor Mike Virtue. Sadly, he has seen the passing of three fellow council members: Chris Gardner, Farrell Cammack and Butch Hulse, which left him as the senior council member.
"I learned so much from all of these men and I still don't like to think of myself as the senior member. But, I will say that, 'experience matters,' " he said.
"I take my oath as councilman seriously. I am not a typical politician; I am not politically correct, " he went on. "The day I become a typical politician is the day I no longer want to be in office. I don't sugar-coat things because the people of Blackfoot deserve the truth."
Jensen and his wife AnnMarie are the parents of four children and have enjoyed raising their family in Blackfoot.
"This is my home and its right where I want to be," he said.
Council Seat No. 2 is held by Layne "Skip" Gardner (4-year term) and Council Seat No. #3 (2-year term) is held by Bart Brown. Jan Simpson has declared her candidacy for open Council Seat No. 4.
The city elections will be held on Nov. 5. While it is too late to officially file for seat with a name on the ballot, the deadline to file as a write-in candidate for a city position is Oct. 8.


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How to Improve Your Image: What You Wear Matters
Just because you have casual day at your office doesn't mean you need to dress WAY down. Although many young professionals may not want to hear it, what you wear really does affect and influence your image, and your firm's or company's reputation.
To figure this all out, Edge sat down with Emily Burns Perryman, an e-Marketing Communications Specialist for Freed Maxick CPAs in Buffalo, New York. Although Emily now works in accounting, she has a unique fashion background working for Giorgio Armani Le Collezioni, Christian Dior, and Jones Apparel Group. Recently, she began writing a Fashion and Finance Blog for Accounting Today.
EDGE: Why is a visual "image" so important?
Emily Perryman: The image you present in the workplace creates a first impression and very often a permanent impact on the people you meet. It doesn't matter what industry you work in; individuals who present themselves in a neat, stylish, and professional manner are perceived to be prepared, intelligent, and articulate. They command respect, and exude authority and trust. One's image in the workplace can help with professional development, improve the way people interact with you, and foster success to meet career goals.
Corporate wardrobe is so important in the business world that some companies exist solely to provide image consulting services, Human resource teams craft well-thought-out dress code rules. Bad apparel choices can actually lead to job candidates notbeing extended an offer, clients choosing another firm, and deals not closing!
EDGE: So why is it important for the accounting profession, both in practice and business and industry?
Emily Perryman: Professionalism is not just about your education, skills, and experience, but about the image you create and maintain, and how you present yourself to your clients, prospects, and the community on a daily basis. CPAs represent their firm or employer in front of many different publics, so it's important to look your best to help build confidence and appear professional, qualified, and credible.
Clients are looking for highly skilled, professional, and fast-acting service providers. There are many essential elements of great customer service and one of them includes the belief of trust. While trust can be earned in many ways, one way is by continually appearing and acting professional at all times. The way we present ourselves in the workplace is crucial to whether we will be taken seriously and become a trusted advisor.
EDGE: What are the top five mistakes women and men make when it comes to improving their visual image?
Emily Perryman: New employees and younger CPAs often find it challenging to interpret excessively corporate dress codes and may struggle with being able to properly craft a professional image. Women are especially challenged because there are so many more rules and regulations when it comes to their dress code in the workplace. It may not be fair, but in reality, women have far more wardrobe choices than men. As a result, many human resource teams feel the need for more rules to explain what their expectations are.
Here are the Top Mistakes for Women:
Dressing too trendy, casual or for a "night out." Numerous human resource and marketing professionals tell me many young professional women come into the office with loud jewelry, and too short, tight, or trendy clothing items for their work environment. Going more conservative is always the best bet, and it's also advised not to attempt to wear all the season's trends at once. There are ways to incorporate the most recent trends into your wardrobe to show off some personality and style without looking overdressed or inappropriate. Websites such as www.corporette.com offer some great advice on how to balance your look and integrate current trends into your work wardrobe.
Garish or overly done makeup. While purple and blue eye shadow with a bit of sparkle and red lips may be suited for a night out at the club, it definitely does not work at the office. Everyone has different skin tones, types and problems. So, my suggestion is to wear the amount of makeup that works best for you personally, and aim to appear polished and professional at all times. You can go into any department store or cosmetics boutique for advice and seek out the specific products that work best for you. For example, blush can give you a healthy glow, but too much bronzer can make you look like Snookie.
Attempting the latest hair style. Whether chunky highlights, loud colors, or eccentric cuts, a flamboyant or excessively trendy haircut can look out of place and be distracting for those in a more conservative profession such as finance and accounting. As a 32-year-old woman, I have learned a lot about fashion in the last 10 years and have experienced many personal style evolutions. Mainly I have learned that although trends are fun to embrace, they have their place. It's a really powerful thing to learn what looks and works best for you.
Leggings are not pants. This seems like it would be quite an obvious "don't," but this trend can be seen rearing its ugly head from college campuses to offices all across the country because leggings just don't fit in to a corporate environment.
Invest time and money. Work clothes may be seen as more functional than fun, so many people shop for their office wardrobe quickly and on the cheap. That may not be the best idea, as price can be directly correlated to proper fit and quality. Your work apparel should fit you well and be made up of classic staple items that can last for years to come and will always be in style, such as a black pencil skirt, white dress shirt, wool shift dress, navy blazer, and khaki trench coat. Keep your eyes out for sales at the end of the season; you can likely pick up some well-made, high-end items at a discounted price!
Top Mistakes for Men:
Wearing a short sleeve shirt with a tie. Unless you want to look like Dwight from the Office, this is not a good look. Feel free to wear a short sleeve shirt on jeans or dress-down days, but personally, I believe pairing it with a tie just looks plain goofy.
Mismatch mistakes. Belts should match your shoes and socks should match your trousers. Anything else looks sloppy, mismatched, and not well put together. Remember: shoes make a big impression and can be one of the most evaluated part of a man's wardrobe, so make sure to have them polished and looking clean.
Wrong length of tie. Ties should reach the belt line. The most often-made mistake is made when guys adjust their tie that lets it hang too short or long. To properly wear your tie, make sure that is touches the top of your pants to cover the buttons or top of the zipper. Anything too low or cut too high is going to make you look more like a clown than an accountant or financial professional.
Not paying attention to the details. Healthy grooming habits matter and it's a bad move to forget that the smallest details count. Remember to aim for for clean nails, freshly cut and combed hair, well-groomed facial hair or a clean shave, a neat and clean tucked-in dress shirt, and the tools you may need while on the job … business cards, a pen, tissues, and breath mints.
Wrinkly wrongdoings. The worst thing I have seen around the office or out in the business world are wrinkly shirts—something that is so easy to correct. Invest in a good iron and use it! It only takes a few minutes to straighten your clothes out, and there are plenty of tips out there to help you learn exactly how.
EDGE: You mentioned jean or dressing-down days within firms and companies. What's your advice to women and men for these types of days?
Emily Perryman: Steer clear of "mom jeans," high- or low-rise styles, and holey, ripped, acid, light, or whisker wash styles. These look bad on just about everyone. Jean days are an opportunity to go more casual and comfortable, but not appear sloppy or like you are about to cut the lawn.
I recommend a dark wash, and boot cut, straight leg—but not too skinny—and lightly flared styles for women, depending on the footwear you choose to pair them with. Many of our firm's CPAs match up their clean, pressed, and flattering fit jeans with a firm branded golf shirt, crisply ironed dress shirt, or lively and colorful blouse. There are lots of stylish ways to dress up and accessorize your jeans day outfit, including hip and stylish sweater vests, colorful or patterned pumps, preppy blazers, colorful belts, or a strand of pearls, for example. Try to balance out the casualness of your jeans bottoms with something classic, crisp, and conservative.
EDGE: Any ideas for young CPAs who are on a budget with regard to stretching their dollars when it comes to buying new clothes?
Emily Perryman: Again, keep your eyes out for sale at the end of each fashion season. You can stock up on some nice, quality things for the following year. Focus on staple items for your closet and not the trendy stuff that may be "out" next year.
You can also open up a store charge or brand credit card to receive information about private sales and promotions, coupons and other special discounts reserved for cardholders. Just don't spend more than you can afford, and try to pay off the balance every month or pay it down as quickly as possible so as not to accrue interest charges.
In large cities, you can look for sample sales. Outside the area, try shopping at outlets that offer designer merchandise at a discount.
Explore consignment and used clothing stores for great steals and deals. National chains like Clothes Mentor have some of the latest styles and the recent season's stuff, gently used, at very low prices. I often find brands such as Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Gap, Jones New York, Express, and The Limited at these stores, and can find great work appropriate stuff at affordable prices.


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Could Jim Webb be on to something?
Virginia Senator Jim Webb announced last month that legalizing drugs should be "on the table." Now, a new report in Time, based on a Cato Institute study, finds that Portugal, the European nation that decriminalized personal drug use in 2001, found that use didn't climb–- while disease and incarceration fell. With ongoing drug wars destabilizing America's southern neighbor, Mexico, California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently followed Webb's lead.
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What's not practical about $20-30 for an ounce of a plant that grows like crazy with just a little love? If someone at the farmer's market asked a tenth of that for basil or any other herb, he wouldn't be able to sell it because it was priced way too high. Good weed is a bit labor intensive, but not that bad compared to any other high quality produce.
CC, I hope for my habits' sake your right ; )
Way to go Webb. I knew there was a reason I voted for this guy! For our country to legalize booze, which is MUCH deadlier than cannabis, shows our ignorance. Prohibition of hemp is outdated! Legalizing it would swell the tax revenue, reduce hospitalization and deaths, allow law enforcement to focus on real crimes and put drug lords out of business. It also has medicinal value unlike hard liquor and is not addictive.
Totally agree. This is a common sense approach and this article from Canada also highlights the tax benefits which in these difficult times should make us all wake up and support this.
Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana?
Examining a Recent Study on Legalization
Just as there is a black market in cigarettes and booze, there will also be a black market in marijuana so nobody can estimate revenue from marijuana sales. Besides, not arresting people for possessing marijuana is not the same as decrimalizing its production and I don't understand why every article mixes both (not the Hook's).
I'm all for making marijuana legal. I'd love to be able to head down to the farmers market late in the afternoon when I get up and see what locally grown varieties are available that Saturday! The idea that there wouldn't still be drug money going to gangs if that happened is kind of far fetched. There is no way drugs like heroin, cocaine, etc. are going to be made legal in the near future. There will be a demand for them, and someone will supply that demand.
Taxing marijuana sales at a reasonable rate, I'd be happy paying $20 - $30 an oz., could fund treatment for people with other drug problems though. That would ultimately help at least reduce the profitability of smuggling drugs that might still be illegal.
Here is Webb's link for those who would like to put some support behind this and let him know what the people of America want. :)
I bet you could get some good greens at the Olive Garden.
Glad I voted for him! It's only a matter of time until cannabis is legal but I wouldnt count on getting good stuff for 20-30$ and oz!! that would be capital but not practical.
C-ville eye- with it being legal, the majority of users would bypass the black market for their herb simply due to the convenience and hopefully quality of the legal stuff. Also, a majority of users are everyday people like you and me. the only people, I think, that would fund that sector of the black market would be criminals that sell and buy a variety of other illegal substances. With jails and the penal system freed up from legalization, these criminals will be easier to catch and prosecute therefore weeding them out of a responsible, pot smoking society.
Crozet has an Olive Garden?!
i'm getting teh munchies jsut thinking about it. i could eat a ton of alfredo. i shuld hitchhike out to crozet to teh new olive garden.
Absolutely! Been saying this for years. Webb's a surprising guy! He's not the first person in the Senate I'd have expected this from, and that might be the reason he'll be taken more seriously.
When drugs are outlawed, only outlaws will have drugs! Let's face it, tossing regular people into the slammer for simple drug use is idiotic. It's like encouraging taxpayers to become criminals, since they'll now be spending their time with hardened thieves, rapists and assaulters, what skills would be picked up? And all that drug money just goes to finance the most violent criminal gangs.
If anyone is against decriminalizing, it'll be the drug lords! They won't be getting their billions any more!


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Repeat, multiple class, Soldotna Hardware Ice Fishing Derby champion, skeet shooter, Alaskan huntress and assistant to Kenai City manager Christine Cunningham has authored her first book that promises to change the paradigm of women in Alaska. "Women Hunting Alaska," published by Northern Publishing for release January, 2013 is a compilation of 17 stories about Alaska's outstanding Women Hunters. The author profiles the unique backgrounds that led them to their passion for hunting, and includes some of their most memorable hunting adventures in the Last Frontier.
"Women are underrepresented in Alaskan literature and with the passion I have for Alaska and its year round outdoor activities I started connecting with other women who were hunters and listening to their stories and it became an opportunity to meet these women and tell their incredible experiences and passion for hunting while increasing the awareness of real Alaskan women. I take you along on a hunt with each woman as you experience their diverse philosophies on hunting. The women vary from 20-year-old Molly Copple with limited hunting experience, but unlimited desire, to 84-year-old Ethel Leedy who has taken all 29 species of North American big game. Writing of their adventures has been an adventure for me as well and think will be one for the reader as well," Cunningham said in an interview.
The book includes profiles and photos of each Alaskan huntress plus the stories of their hunting experiences. Born in Sitka, Alaska Christine says her experience in the outdoors didn't actually start until she was an adult, "I actually started when I was 27 years old here on the Kasilof and Kenai River flats and once I started participating in Alaska's outdoors as a hunter there was no going back to just passively observing the outdoors but became a life changing experience that I had to be involved with," she said.
As a freelance writer Cunningham has been published in Alaska Magazine, Fish Alaska, Wildfowl, and www.womenhunters.com. "I wrote the book knowing that women across the country would identify with it as there is presently a national movement of women joining the ranks hunters and representing the sport. Women are great ambassadors for hunting and are able to connect with each other. I've connected with many women's organizations in the lower 48 that are very excited about the book coming out," she said.
While saying she really didn't have a favorite story from her book she did personally relate to Charity Green's story, "They are all great stories but Charity Green was born here in Sterling and is now an artist in Juneau, her story is about finding herself, her self confidence and about living a subsistence lifestyle. I connected with her story because it wasn't just a trial and trophy hunting story but it was about finding meaning in life," said Cunningham. In the day of the working career mother Christine says she has discovered that the tradition of hunting today is more readily passed on to the next generation in a family where the mother hunts. "In my mind women are the future of hunting and this is our opportunity to preserve an American cultural heritage. Hunting with mom is bringing home the families bacon as a team and is a special bonding experience. Most of the women in the book started out as kids hunting with their families," she said. Christine adds that her experiences as a hunter have inspired her to give something back to the American hunting tradition. She shares her love of hunting and fishing through mentoring youth hunts; by developing unique hunting opportunities for both youth and women hunters; and by writing about fishing, shooting, and bird hunting with her three chocolate Labradors and two English setters. Limited pre-release copies are available at the Kenai Visitors Center and Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware, or on line going www.TonyRuss.com Women Hunting Alaska is $19.95-softcover. Cunningham is planning several book signing events in the local area in January and information on those dates and locations will be available on her facebook page at Women Hunting Alaska Preorders also available at Women Hunters Alaska, Alaska Guides for Women .


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After months of build-up, Florida residents can start shopping for health insurance on government-run online marketplaces as the key component of the Affordable Care Act goes live. But there were already several kinks in the system early Tuesday.
The federal government is facing two major hurdles: fighting the confusion and misinformation surrounding the plan, commonly referred to as "Obamacare," and making sure the new technology systems function properly. Consumers logging onto healthcare.gov received an apology message for delays due to high traffic. The wait times at the call center and for an online chat operator were also longer than expected.
Federal health officials played up the traffic, saying more than 1 million people visited the site in the past day, adding there were five times more users on the website Tuesday morning than had ever been on the Medicare website. The online speed is gradually improving and all functions were expected to be fixed in the coming hours, federal health officials said.
"We have built a dynamic system and are prepared to make adjustments as needed and improve the consumer experience," said Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters.
It will likely take weeks or months to gauge the law's success. Coverage doesn't begin until January, and the enrollment period ends in March.
Gepsie Metellus, executive director of the Sant La community center in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood, will call into Haitian Creole radio programs Tuesday to tell people they have plenty of time to enroll, explain how the exchanges will work, and warn people against anyone who charges them a fee for information about the federal health law. She plans to record similar messages for local television later this week.
Counselors hoping to start enrolling consumers sat alone in a Pensacola office with no visitors in the first few hours Tuesday. Workers were able to fill out the online application, but the website was unable to process it. A handful of state Democrats and union groups planned to host enrollment events in Jacksonville, Orlando, West Palm, Miami and Broward later in the day.
The liberal advocacy group Families USA estimates that roughly half of Florida's 3.5 million uninsured residents will be eligible for federal subsidies to help them purchase insurance. But the amount will vary widely depending on income, location, the plan, family size, age, and even tobacco use. Florida residents can choose from 102 plans, the second-highest of any state. Federal health officials were supposed to finally reveal how much plans would cost in Florida's marketplace early Tuesday morning, but that was also delayed.
Alex Gomez, a Miami father of four, said he planned to wait awhile before shopping on the online marketplace, where he hopes to purchase a better quality plan than the $500 a month high-deductible family plan he currently has.
"Nobody knows what Obamacare is. One person says it's going to be good, another person says it's going to be bad," said Gomez. He didn't know he is likely eligible for a government subsidy through the new marketplace. Residents making less than roughly $46,000 a year and a four-person family with an income of less than $94,000 a year may receive vouchers to help offset premium costs.
"That's good news for me," said the 38-year-old self-employed painting contractor.
The exchanges are meant to have the feel of an online travel website, where consumers can compare prices and benefits of different plans. But in a potentially significant delay, the administration told Hispanic groups last week that the Spanish-language version of the website will not be ready to handle online enrollments for a few weeks. In Florida, nearly 580,000 Hispanics are eligible for health coverage through the marketplace.
"I'm concerned about the delay knowing there was a large Latino community that needed it. I don't think that was very well planned," said Maria Pinzon, executive director of the Hispanic Services Council in Tampa.
But she stressed that one-on-one outreach will be more powerful than the government website. Her organization is partnering with several local churches.
Supporters of the law have criticized Republican Gov. Rick Scott, saying his concerns over consumers' personal information are a scare tactic to hinder enrollment. Scott and the Republican-led Legislature have been reluctant to implement portions of the federal health reform. State officials recently banned counselors from entering county health departments to help sign people up for health insurance.
The state has only approved 34 of 96 navigator licenses so far. The counselors are not legally allowed to conduct outreach without a license, which means a majority won't be able to do their job on launch day. Several states are spending millions on marketing campaigns, but Florida isn't spending any of its own money.
Insurance plans offered through the exchange have undergone a major upgrade. As of Jan. 1, insurers can no longer turn away people with pre-existing medical conditions, and they will be limited in what they can charge to older policy holders. Consumers' financial exposure will be capped. Insurers are also required to offer beefed up benefits under the plans, so while prices may increase, consumers will be getting an upgraded product.
Anyone making below the poverty line won't be eligible for subsidies through the online marketplace. Federal health officials anticipate roughly 1 million Floridians will fall into a gap where they can't get health insurance because the state rejected Medicaid expansion.
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday for Cornerstone Community Federal Credit Union. The newest branch of the largest locally owned credit union in Western New York opened this week at 721 Center St. (formerly HSBC Bank).
Members of the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce, business owners and local leaders took part in the ceremony.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Lewiston residents and local leaders celebrated the grand opening of Cornerstone Community Federal Credit Union. Guests enjoyed food from the Lewiston Village Pub and Restaurant both days, and took home prizes Wednesday courtesy of Rob Lucas and Star 102.5 FM.
For more information on Cornerstone, call 716-434-2290 or visit www.CornerstoneCommunityFCU.org. (photos by Joshua Maloni)


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Wolters Kluwer Health Completes Acquisition of Health Language, Inc.
Acquisition Expands Wolters Kluwer Health's Point-of-Care Portfolio with Medical Terminology Management Solutions that Ease Meaningful Use & Clinical Decision Support Adoption
Jan 04, 2013, 07:33 EST
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for professionals, students and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Health Language, Inc., a leader in the fast-growing Medical Terminology Management (MTM) market. The acquisition further expands Wolters Kluwer Health's leadership position and comprehensive solutions portfolio in the point-of-care market.
The addition of MTM solutions to Wolters Kluwer Health's portfolio of offerings will help Wolters Kluwer Health's hospital customers as well as EMR systems providers and payers increase adoption and use of electronic health records, meet Meaningful Use requirements, share critical clinical data and take greater advantage of technologies that can drive operational efficiencies and improve quality of care.
"This acquisition of Health Language is a fit with our strategy to continually expand our market-leading point-of-care solutions portfolio that helps customers around the globe realize the advantages of healthcare information technologies – within their business operations and at the point of care with patients," said Arvind Subramanian, President & CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions. "Health Language is a recognized leader in the MTM field and the right expert to provide our customers with new levels of system interoperability to meet current and future healthcare information sharing needs."
Health Language's medical content terminology databases and software solutions enable hospitals, electronic medical record system providers (EMRs) and payers around the globe to manage, update and map disparate medical vocabularies and administrative codes used in U.S. and international settings. The company's databases and software products include more than 180 standard terminologies and proprietary content sets to enable easier information sharing across many healthcare information technology systems.
The company also provides clinical content and professional services to enable interoperability, web-based terminology mapping, Meaningful Use compliance and ICD-10 conversion, a system of coding created by the World Health Organization that is in various phases of implementation worldwide. Health Language is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and has approximately 85 employees.
The agreement to acquire Health Language was announced on October 17, 2012. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
About Wolters Kluwer Health
Wolters Kluwer Health is a leading global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry. Serving more than 150 countries and territories worldwide, Wolters Kluwer Health's customers include professionals, institutions and students in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy. Major brands include Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ovid®, Medknow, UpToDate®, Medi-Span®, Facts & Comparisons®, Pharmacy OneSource®, Lexicomp® and ProVation® Medical.
Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company. Wolters Kluwer had 2011 annual revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.7 billion), employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 40 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
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Polar Profiling Floats: An Autonomous Observational Array for IPY and Beyond
Arctic Research Initiative
2007 Funded Project
The International Polar Year of 2007-2008 will be an exciting opportunity to develop a better understanding the polar seas and their implications for the global oceans and climate. High latitudes lack systematic observations that are now being carried out in temperate latitudes as part of the global ocean observing system. Descriptions of the circulation and the temporal changes in heat and salt content can now be made at lower latitudes using satellite altimetry and the Argo float program (see, for example Lyman, et. al., 2006), Extending these observations to high latitudes to document variability and change will require new technologies and strategies organized into a long-term observational program. For that part of the Arctic Ocean that is ice-covered all year, Ice-Thethered Profiliers (ITPs) will provide the necessary coverage (Toole and Proshutinsky, WHOI). For the increasing fraction of the Arctic that has open water for part of the year, another approach must be found.
A proposed deployment of six Polar Profiling Floats (PPFs) within the Arctic Ocean will demonstrate how they can contribute to an observational array delivering hydrographic and ocean velocity data during IPY and beyond for the partially ice covered portion of the Arctic Ocean. In an earlier NSF funded effort, we demonstrated that these floats can find open leads in the ice and send their data back to shore. However, software errors prevented these floats from working for more than a few months so that their scientific utility could not be demonstrated to support a large array of floats. The proposed PPF array will be a first step toward an Arctic version of the Argo float program. Support for the larger array will be requested from NSF. The modest array of six PPFs will provide the necessary demonstration of their scientific utility.
The PPFs will provide vertical profiles of pressure, temperature, salinity, and oxygen once every five days over the estimated four-year life span. To get the position of the float, it will either record its position using signals from sound sources between each surfacing or by GPS fixes when the float penetrates through the ice, providing a sub-surface Lagrangian velocity record or displacement for each float. PPFs are relatively small and cheap and can be deployed easily be one person from a ship, plane or other platform of opportunity. They can operate on shelves, in the marginal ice zones and in deep water and are not dependent on the availability of e.g. multi-year ice floes.The PPFs will make it possible to study some of the key features of the Arctic climate system, e.g. the Arctic Ocean boundary current, vertical heat flux to the sea ice, lateral spreading of Atlantic Water and enable year-round monitoring of the state of the Arctic Ocean. Combined with the ITP measurements, this array of profiling floats will provide a data set that can be used to characterize the present state of the circulation, heat, and salt content within the upper two kilometers of the Arctic Ocean, particularly along the boundary current regions of the Eurasian basin and along the mid-ocean ridge. An analysis of this data will examine the strength of the current and the heat and salt fluxes along these boundaries to determine whether there is significant recirculation of Atlantic water or if the entire ocean is involved in the modification of this water mass and loss of heat to the upper layers. An analysis of the dissolved oxygen data in conjunction with the hydrographic data and velocity data will determine how important lateral fluxes are to the local ecosystem.


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Joe Harris scored 18 points and Virginia used an early 22-5 run to take command on its way to a 78-66 victory against Florida State and a sweep of its season series against the Seminoles.
Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points for the Cavaliers (13-5, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won 62-50 at Florida State on Jan. 4. The sweep is the first for the Cavaliers since the 2000-01 season.
Okaro White and Aaron Thomas scored 15 each for Florida State (12-5, 3-2). The Seminoles arrived second in the ACC defensively, allowing teams to make just 36.3 percent of their field goal attempts, but the Cavaliers shot better than 55 percent in the first half in bolting to 45-26 lead by halftime.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 10 a.m. to noon
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The Northland Grandfamilies program serves grandparents in Clay and Platte Counties who are raising their grandchildren. The program also serves aunts/uncles and other relatives who are raising children under the age of 18. The program seeks to raise awareness of the issues facing grandparents/aunts/uncles who are filling the parenting role. Advocacy, education and referral services are important aspects of the program. Support group meetings are scheduled twice a month, with guest speakers on topics of interest. The program is made possible by a partnership of the Clay County Extension Council, the Platte County Senior Fund and Clay County Senior Services.
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The daytime support group meeting this month will feature Kara Burgess, Elder Law and Special Needs Attorney. Her topic is: "Estate Planning and Other Legal Decision Facing Seniors".
Any grandparent who is raising grandchildren age 18 or younger is welcome to participate in Northland Grandfamilies. The program is also open to aunts/uncles and other adult relatives who are raising children. The program is free of charge. If attending a Northland Grandfamilies support group meeting for the first time, please call in advance for more information: 816-407-3490
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Interview with Prof. Salim TS Al-Hassani by Al-Jazeera Children's TV. (Copyright Dunia Media). This is from the launch of the 1001 Inventions exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre in 2007.
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Professor Salim Al-Hassani introduces himself and welcomes viewers of the programme, and introduces the story of 1001 inventions and Muslim Heritage in our world. He starts by explaining how the astrolabe is one of the oldest mechanical computer which can give positions, directions and the time. Then he explained why the Western world uses "Arabic numerals" (0, 1, 2, 3 ... etc.) and how this came to the West via the Muslim world. He then discusses communication and how birds were used to deliver messages and the development of the encoding and decoding messages.


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GSA Network supports students and teachers to Start a GSA [1] and Run a GSA [2]. Establishing a GSA club is the first step in transforming a school. Studies have shown how the presence of a GSA club is related to a safer school climate. Get the facts [3].
Strong, activist GSA clubs can plan actions and events [4] on campus to build awareness about LGBTQ issues and improve the school climate. GSA Network provides resources for students to learn how.
GSA Network teaches GSAs how to launch campaigns to raise LGBTQ visibility, reduce violence, fight slurs on campus, make schools safer for transgender and gender non-conforming youth, and fight for LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum. GSA Network's 5 campaigns to Change Your School [5] empower youth activists to create changes that will transform schools for generations to come.
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A water-planning bill recently agreed upon by Georgia House and Senate leaders gives state legislators a say in any statewide plan to divvy up rivers and underground aquifers among cities, farmers and industries.
House Bill 237, a controversial holdover from last year, had been stalled since early in the General Assembly's regular session over whether lawmakers would get a say in the state's water plan. The Republican-controlled senate was content to leave the plan in the hands of Gov. Sonny Perdue's appointees while the Democat-controlled House demanded an up-or-down vote.
The compromise reached in a conference committee meeting gives legislators a vote, but the water plan doesn't hinge on their approval.
The compromise states that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, with oversight from a water council of state agency heads and legislative appointees, would come up with a plan by July 1, 2007. The council would present it to the General Assembly no later than January 2008.
If both the House and the Senate approve it, the plan would go into effect. If not, the council could submit a revised plan up until the halfway mark of the session. After that, legislators could come up with their own plan.
If legislators don't pass that plan, the last version submitted by the water council would go into effect by default on July 1, 2008.
The biggest loser in the latest version of a state water-planning bill would appear to be the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which was left out completely. In past versions, the board — composed of gubernatorial appointees — had an up-or-down vote. Gov. Perdue, whose office worked on the bill, approved the compromise.
Staying true to his word, the bill's author, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bob Hanner (D-Parrott), did not reinsert language this session to allow farmers to sell their water withdrawal permits — the most controversial and debated component of House Bill 237 last year.
The Senate version of the budget that begins on July 1 provides $400,000 to get started on the water plan. Perdue originally recommended $500,000 while the House recommended zero.


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On the mpg front, 2012 had some fizzle
This was supposed to be a big year in the push for better auto fuel economy. Electric vehicles and hybrids were supposed to make giant strides in 2012.
It turned out to be a little spotty.
Cases in point:
- Consumer Reports and others claim the Ford C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid fall about 20 percent short of the fuel economy estimates posted on the window stickers. There is now a lawsuit over the claims.
- Ford saw its brave, new mpg-boosting EcoBoost technology challenged by recalls for the risk of engine fires in Escape crossovers and Fusion sedans with 1.6-liter turbocharged engines.
- Chevrolet continues to have a hard time selling the Volt plug-in hybrid.
- Earlier this year, the Volt had its own brief problems with onboard fires, which amounted more to bad public relations than bad technology.
- Nissan is having trouble selling the Leaf electric car.
- The Fisker Karma, one of the more exotic plug-in hybrids, caught fire on more than one occasion this year, sometimes while simply parked in a garage.
- Fisker also suspended work on a new model while it scrambles to raise more funds.
- Sales of Nissan's redesigned, segment-leading fuel-efficient Altima fell in November compared with deliveries of the old Altima a year before.
- It turns out Hyundai and Kia, the darlings of fuel efficiency gains a year ago, have been overstating mpg numbers on some models stretching back to the 2011 model year.
- Toyota had to recall 670,000 Prius hybrids for steering problems in November. Granted, they were older Priuses, but this is not really the sort of news you want out there when consumers are shopping for fuel economy.
- Consumer Reports also decided not to recommend Toyota's fuel-thrifty Prius C this year, complaining that the smallest of the Prius models is noisy and sluggish.
You should immediately put all of this into perspective. A thousand things are moving forward, and the broader shift is toward more fuel-efficient cars and trucks with a new generation of technologies. The goofs, glitches and setbacks are occurring within a larger, positive context.
But none of it is good news. And none of it sounds like the bells of victory for an industry trying to remake itself as a provider of green technology.
But maybe some historical perspective will help 2012 go down a little smoother.
Two centuries ago, following the invention of steam power, shipbuilders in England and America fell all over themselves trying to capitalize on river steamboats. Steamboats could sail against the currents of powerful rivers, promising big new opportunities in transportation and commerce.
The problem: It was still an imperfect technology, and the ships' boilers tended to blow up. Big explosions resulted in terrible deaths and disastrous news. Grave doubts lingered in the minds of travelers and investors.
Obviously, steamboat technology did not wither and disappear. Innovators innovated, and applications improved and moved forward, iteration upon iteration.
This is also what will happen with new-generation cars that will roll out over the decade to come. Imperfections will be sorted out. Competition will move forward in fits and starts, with one competitor besting the last.
A few years from now, the industry will be able to look back at 2012 maybe not as the momentous year it failed to be, but as a pretty steamy start for an era of advanced technologies that became even bigger.
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Local Auto Dealers Support South Florida CommunityThe South Florida Automobile Dealers Association is an advocate of philanthropy, benefitting various organizations since the Miami International Auto Show opened in 1971.
For more than 40 years, the South Florida Automobile Dealers Association has donated more than $7 million to numerous charities that include Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida, Habitat for Humanity, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami's School of Medicine, the Boys and Girls Clubs in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Sheridan House, Easter Seals, and others.
"Our association exists to not only advance the automotive industry in South Florida, but to also make a genuinely positive impact on the communities that welcome our businesses into their neighborhoods and daily lives," said Richard Baker, president of the dealers group. "A primary focus of our organization, and a personal motivator for many of our members, has and will always be charitable giving."
This year, the auto show will again donate $15,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida, bringing the total during the years to more than $270,000. The Ronald McDonald House® (RMH) is a temporary "home-away from home®" for families to find rest, support and time away from realities of the hospital procedures and routines.
The Miami House opened its doors in 1981 and is located on the campus of the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital.
The South Florida Auto-Truck Dealers Association began in 1933 and originally was formed to share marketing opportunities and control costs. Today, the Association comprises more than 190 dealerships in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties making it larger than some state-wide auto dealer groups.
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Technical Analysis on Expedia and Ctrip.com: Online Travel Companies Go Discount Way
Feb 05, 2013, 07:30 EST
LONDON, February 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Online travel companies are looking to thrive in the improving economic scenario. However, the sector is still dominated by intense pricing strategies. While companies like Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ : EXPE ) are growing by combining various services and offering cost-effective solutions to its investors, Ctrip.com International Ltd. (NASDAQ : CTRP ) became the victim of its own discounting spree. The stock is getting pummeled as concerns about its long-term viability grow. The sector is also seeing growing M&A activities. StockCall has initiated comprehensive technical research on Expedia and Ctrip.com. The free reports on these companies can be accessed by signing up at http://www.stockcall.com/technicalanalysis
Expedia on Upward Trajectory
Expedia has been hitting new 52 weeks high and is set to report its fourth quarter and full year results today. However, its growth is somewhat dwarfed by one of its biggest competitor, Priceline. The stock is currently trading at P/E ratio of 25.55, which is more or less in-line with Priceline's P/E ratio Priceline. Expedia is going ahead with its strategy of forming enduring relationship with airlines and hotels to offer synergistic benefits to the consumers. It is also going to help the company to establish itself as one-stop destination for meeting multiple travel needs. Register now and download the free pre-earnings analysis on Expedia at http://www.StockCall.com/EXPE020513.pdf
Expedia is also expanding internationally which will make its services portfolio more immune to economic hiccups in a particular geographic area. However, it also needs to diversify its client-base as the company mainly relies upon leisure travel. Corporate travel forms a small part of its portfolio and has much hidden potential. Expedia also recently invested in upcoming hotel search engine Room 77. Hotel booking segment makes about three-quarter of Expedia's total revenue and its collaboration with Room 77 will help it in driving up the volume. With margin of more than 20 percent, hotel booking is also the most profitable segment for Expedia. The company also acquired a majority stake in Germany-based hotel search engine Trivago. The online travel company is likely to keep performing well in the near future.
Ctrip.com Overdoes Discount Pricing Strategy
Ctrip.com is a Chinese travel site and despite its good start, has been lagging behind lately. The company collaborates with Priceline and both the companies mutually share their services. Ctrip.com stock has been clobbered down lately, but in the long-run, the company stands to benefit from growing economic clout of China and its prosperous middle-class. However, the company faces stiff competition from eLong and 17u. Currently, Ctrip.com has lion's share of China's travel market with about 45 percent of the pie under its belt, but Expedia backed eLong is also making steady progress. Sign up now to read the full technical analysis on Ctrip.com for free at http://www.StockCall.com/CTRP020513.pdf
Ctrip.com, in order to remain viable, needs to protect its margin. The company grew its market share through aggressive pricing. The company's emphasis on rebate coupons is considered to be the biggest cause behind the steep fall experience by its shares in the recent past. Ctrip.com reported its fourth quarter financial numbers on January 31st beating both top- and bottom-lines.
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The lack of timely, available expertise for brain CT scan interpretation can delay stroke patients from accessing life-saving treatments.
e-ASPECTS, a CE-marked, class IIa medical device circumvents this delay by automatically implementing the ASPECTS scoring system . The software's Artificial Intelligence (AI) amplifies the physician's ability to interpret the CT scans enabling rapid and consistent quantification of early ischemic brain damage.Physicians can review results, anywhere, in less than one minute.Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Following diagnosis, ischemic stroke patients are assessed to receive thrombolysis, endovascular treatment or for severe cases, decompressive craniotomy. These treatments are time-sensitive and decisions must be made quickly, within the first few hours of stroke onset, to result in the best possible outcome for the patient.
e-ASPECTS is designed to speed up the clinical decision making process, to improve patient outcomes. It helps optimize patient selection for stroke treatments, which can reduce associated costs by limiting the length of stay in hospital.
Results can be easily accessed via PACS, through the e-ASPECTS web interface, or sent to a clinician's smartphone via email, ensuring rapid sharing throughout the stroke team.
Consultants, stroke physicians, neurologists, radiologists, junior doctors, fellows, students, stroke nurses, clinical trials units and research organizations have all benefited from use of e-ASPECTS.
The manual ASPECTS scoring system is an established and clinically validated method of supporting treatment decisions in stroke, and was invented by Brainomix co-founder Professor Alastair Buchan, the Dean of Medicine and Professor of Stroke Medicine at the University of Oxford. Its use is recommended in acute stroke patient treatment guidelines, worldwide.
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Meeting RuPaul , it's sometimes hard to imagine that the glamazon is the same punk that showed up to prom in '83 looking like an androgyne Adam Ant. You can't quite picture the mogul donning dollar-store leopard print and suspenders, as he did to promote his 90s fragrance WHORE , either. And put out zines with titles like Freak Sex and New York Is a Big Fat Greasy Ho ? But the ability to do all this, and more, is the power of RuPaul, drag chameleon ne plus ultra .
"I've been able to sell something that has been thought of as subversive," he reflects, sipping coffee in London this morning. "And somehow I've tweaked it. I've taken certain things out of it so that Betty and Joe Beercan can invite it into their home."
For thirty years, RuPaul has weathered a fickle pop culture climate and transformed into whatever he needed to be to up-end the status quo. Whether storming the top ten with
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Of course, that's never been truer than with his current project, the riotous RuPaul's Drag Race , which debuts in the UK this week on Tru TV. With contestants as diverse as Ru's catchphrases are quotable, it's marked both the re-eminence of drag in gay culture (read: pop culture), as well as its helmsman's ascent from shrewd businessman into an impeccably-branded business, period. Talking to him, you can't help but feel that RuPaul's gender-skewing global domination has only just begun. I mean, the guy even has his own chocolate bar .
Your prom picture from 1983 (above) has gone viral for your incredible New Romantic look. What subcultures were you into at that point in your life?
I've always been drawn to people who dance to the beat of a different drum, it didn't matter if they were in film or music or fashion. I was crazy about Haysi Fantayzee, do you remember them? They were this English group who were part of the New Romantics and they had a song called "
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Wow from the little Plymouth/eastern european girl.
Australia having a poor meeting and France having an amazing one, big odds on that before the start.
Aussies poor swimming probably means we will be above them in medal table again.
Wow from the little Plymouth/eastern european girl.
Australia having a poor meeting and France having an amazing one, big odds on that before the start.
Aussies poor swimming probably means we will be above them in medal table again.
He did say it.
Here I was thinking Fromelles was a dark day. Singapore too.
And btw, it has to be said:
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Seebohm curses social media fixation after falling for own hype
Who the **** are we paying to handle the psychological state of our Olympic athletes? Because they are doing a piss poor job right now.
She got ahead of myself because of social media? Jesus christ, surely we have training and seminars on not to let the hype get to you, to not read social media if you can't handle it etc.
Was always a joke that she was paying $1.20 to win the backstroke considering she wasn't even favourite coming into the Olympics. This just backs up why.
I don't know why Seebohm feels so bad. She properly acknowledged she let the country down by getting silver. She should move on now.
great, we're gonna have john coates asking us for 500 million dollars
Brad McNamara @bbuzzmc
Will say this once and then nothing else. Defamation laws quite clear in Aus.be careful.
I'm telling you bois, it's the swisse.
First it was ricky. Mark webber tanked. Cadel. The whole team is on the stuff. I guess the shipment was delayed is the only reason the womens 4x1 didn't get their dose.
Look at Cadel - last year he could've been cleaned up by a truck like Anne Hathaway in One Day and he would have bounced up. This year, died in the arse in Le Tour, and now out of the time trial with "fatigue".
I'm with Uve here. **** you, Swisse vitamins.
Burgey, don't you get sick of swallowing pills? Swisse, viagra etc.
The whole Essendon team could use some vitamins itbt. Might strengthen their muscles and they wouldn't ping their hammy whilst running through the banner
not a single player has been injured that way
maybe if cotchin took swisse he wouldn't've been sitting on the bench when hunt kicked that goal
I don't see how him being on the ground when Hunt kicked the goal would have been a better result.
That's right, I'm being pedantic. Cop it.
Brick back Hackett
Some grunt and aggression back in our team
- Winner of the 2011 and 2012 CricketWeb AFL tipping competition
- Winner of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 CricketWeb NRL tipping competition
yep nothing like a woman basher to boost team morale
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In fiscal 2009 the Allianz Group achieved total revenues of over 97.4 billion euros. Allianz is also one of the world's largest asset managers, with third-party assets of 926 billion euros under management at year end 2009.[2]
First Quarter 2010 Results[3]
During the first quarter of 2010 Allianz increased operating profit 20.4 percent to 1.7 billion euros. Quarterly revenue increased 10.3 percent to 30.6 billion euros. Net income increased to 1.6 billion euros. Operating profit growth in both Life/Health and Asset Management overcompensated for a decline in the Property-Casualty result. This segment was especially impacted by claims from natural catastrophes.
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Allianz conducts business in almost every European country, with Germany, Italy and France being its most important markets. The company also runs operations in the United States, Central and Eastern Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Property-Casualty During the first quarter of 2010, a combination of tariff increases, portfolio cleaning and selective underwriting in the Property and Casualty business resulted in gross premiums written of 14.0 billion euros.[3] Compared to 13.9 billion euros in the first quarter of 2009, premiums increased by 0.8 percent.[3] Operating profit decreased by 26.5 percent to 712 million euros, following 969 million euros in the same period of last year.[3] This decline was largely attributable to major losses from natural catastrophes amounting to 555 million euros during the first quarter of 2010.[3]
Life/Health The Life/Health segment delivered its highest quarterly revenue ever in the first quarter of 2010, with 15.4 billion euros.[3] Statutory premiums grew from both traditional and investment-oriented products. Compared to 13.0 billion euros in the previous year's first quarter, revenues in first quarter 2010 grew by 18 percent.[3]
Operating profit more than doubled to 812 million euros, from 402 million euros in first quarter 2009.[3] This was mainly due to a higher investment result based on lower impairments and higher realized gains in favorable equity markets.[3]
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Port Arthur Fieldwork Illuminates Australia's Convict Past
4 September 2012
After nearly four decades on the shelf, the collection of pioneering University of Sydney archaeology student Maureen Byrne has finally been analysed, opening an extraordinary window into the daily lives of Australia's most hardened convicts.
Byrne unearthed the rare artefacts from Australia's first prisoners' barracks at Port Arthur 35 years ago, but her untimely death at the age of twenty-four from a severe asthma attack left her findings unexamined in storage.
Now, following a new collaboration between the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) and the Department of Archaeology, eight current University of Sydney students recently analysed Byrne's collection at the Port Arthur Historic site.
Through meticulously re-bagging and cataloguing Byrne's artefacts, an unprecedented insight into the lives of Australia's convict forebears emerged, with surprisingly incongruous items like lace-making bobbins and dollies tea sets appearing in the collection.
Researchers were able to conclude that the infamous Port Arthur site may have been the unlikely home of some of the region's first military families, according to Senior Archaeology Lecturer and leader of the University of Sydney practicum, Dr Martin Gibbs.
"My current feeling is that there was a period of time when the barracks were occupied by military families, as there are also military buttons and even a toy brass cannon in those particular deposits," Gibbs said.
"This makes for a very different take on Port Arthur as a 'convict prison' when you have women and kids living in the heart of the settlement. It really highlighted the value of us re-examining these old collections, proving that you can make significant discoveries on what is often thought of as a very well researched site."
Archaeology Manager of PAHSMA, Dr David Roe, agreed that the long overdue investigation into Byrne's collection marks a significant turning point in contemporary understandings of the historically important convict site.
"While there may be a limited amount of material culture that survives from the convicts themselves what does survive can inform us about how individuals and groups responded to the challenges of the strictly controlled convict lifestyle and the changes to those responses over time," Roe said.
Among the raft of fresh insights into convict life at the barracks was the discovery of slate fragments in Byrne's collection, suggesting the illiterate prisoners started a school for themselves. Other clues into the complexities of these prisoner's lives were gleaned from remnants of clay pipes and animal bones, illuminating their diets and butchering techniques.
The World Heritage-listed Port Arthur historic site remains a key fixture in Australia's colonial history, established as a secondary place of punishment for convicts who had reoffended upon their arrival in Australia from the 1830s. The infamously brutal prison earned a reputation for terror 'worse than death' among inmates, who were subject to both hard labour and cruel punishment.
Dr Martin Gibbs was hopeful that the Department's recent examinations at Port Arthur could lead to further projects as researchers continue to piece together knowledge of this archaeologically rich site.
"PAHSMA and The University of Sydney consider this fieldwork as the start of a series of collaborations of this type, working out new research trajectories for the World Heritage properties under their control," he said.
Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Associate Professor Ian Jack, who was also engaged to Maureen Byrne at the time of her death, was thrilled at the renewed interest in her work at the site.
"I felt I was trustee for these things for many years and I rather despaired of anything ever happening at Port Arthur that would allow the collection to be used in the way that Maureen would have wanted," Jack said.
He believed the belated analysis of Byrne's collection helps combat some of the touristic misnomers surrounding popular perceptions of Port Arthur.
"Nobody doubts the transcendent importance of Port Arthur but there has been a sort of convictism, which is rather more spectacular and sensational than true," Jack said. "Archaeology is very good at giving information about people who are not individually very well documented. This comes a little bit closer to seeing them as people and humanising them."
Caitlin Dircks, one of the newest generations of University of Sydney archaeology students to visit the Port Arthur site, noted the poignancy of completing the work of her predecessor.
"Opening boxes of beautiful or unidentified artefacts from over 30 years ago was so exciting," said Dircks, who plans to embark on an archaeological career of her own by starting an Honours degree on the convict era of Port Arthur.
"But it was also quite sad to see this collection; to read Maureen's notes and see the artefacts that would have been just as exciting for her, who was a similar age to us when she excavated the site in 1977," she said.
"These would have been her interests and research if she hadn't passed away. It was nice to know we could follow on from what she started so long ago."To view a Facebook album of photos from the recent Port Arthur trip, click here
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